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TIMES & SENTINEL
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1858,
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The Supreme Court Hint the Press.
The recent decision of the Supreme Court, pronounced
at .Macon, in the case of Robinson vs. Beall, has calleo
forth many ill-advised remarks and harsh reflections, from
various papers in this Slate, against that tribunal. U e
understand that decision to have been, that at the expira
tion of the charter of a corporation, all debts and liabili
ties due to or from, and all suits by or against said corpo
ration, eoinstanti, become extinct. Now, if this lie taw,
and we shall assume that it is, we think an inviting oppor
tunity is presented for legislative action . it i- wrong and
should tie changed. In the natural course of things, it is
obliged to work injustice ; lor under its administration, all
that a corporation has to do is to cun tract a large indebted
ness, refuse to pay, stand suit, keep the case in litigation
by fanciful quibbles and captious exceptions, till the char
ter expire-, when Ihe law mercifully comes to its relief
and the plaintiff pockets his costs and wafks home. Now
it will be admitted, that this is a temptation too great lot oi
dinary human virtue ; at least, it is against public policy 4
to subject it to such atrial. The matter should be reme
died, but how I Some ol our editorial brethren who have
much more resentment than modesty, have suffered them
selves to declare that the Supreme Court ought to beabol
ished. But hold! In the absence of legislative enactment
cases are generally decided upon authority—in conformity
to the decisions of other tribunals upon* the. same or similar
subjects. Have these gentlemen taken the trouble to ex
amine the reasons given by the Court for its recent decis
on, or have they compared and weighed the authorities
upon which that decision was based ? We know some
thing of the labors of an editor, and tied authorized to
answer for them, that they have not. They have been
guilty ol the error, and, it may be, injustice to the Court,
of assuming that what ought to be, is, and have expended
their denunciations accordingly.
Now, we submit that the investigation to which we have
referred,should precede such severe and wholesale cen
sure* The members of the Court are entitled to the bene
fit of tlieir reputation tor virtue, integrity and truth, which
each of them has hitherto blamelessly maintained. This
credit should, at least, he accorded to them until a more
diligent and searching inquiry is made into the merits ol
the question, when it is possible,our censorious friends may
find that the arrows of invective which they have let tty
in such hot haste, have been misdirected, and, finding no
victim abroad, have returned, by a circuitous, but much
frequented route, to wound the hand that discharged them.
It lias been objected to this decision, also, that it overrules
a decision of Ihe same Court, pronounced in the case ol
Smiley vs. The Directors of the Commercial Bank of
Macon, reported in 16lh Georgia Reports. Taking the
•act for granted, we cannot admit the force or propriety o
the objection, unless it can be demonstrated that the decis
ion last named, is according to law. This our cotempora
ries have not essayed to do.
The groundwork of the objection is evidently an assump
tion of one or the other of the following propositions; that
the Court is infallible or that error should be permanent■
The former position is nbundnrnly contradicted by the fact
of the reversal assumed : the latter, we are sure, our intel
ligent cotemporary of the Telegraph will not accept. I 1
is unfortunate that one Court should make a decision which
aoutlier would have to reverse ; but it is not unusual and
cannot be strange so long as men are judges. It is even
more uufortunate it the reversal he wrong; but that the
commission of an error is an apology for its continuance,
we apprehend, no one will contend. Had that doctrine
preyailed, our law books would uow exhibit little else than
a hatch of antiquated errors. Jurisprudence, like every
other science which hears upon human life, should he made
to conform to the standard of truth.
English Hill voted down— Southern Ileniot
l-ttey.
If the telegraphic accounts are correct, the people ol
Kausas fuve voted down the proposition contained in the .
Coglish bill. In other words, the Blar k Republicans have
refused to accept the terms prescribed by Congress lor the
admis-ion ol Kansas—have refused to let Kansas come
into the Union with a pro-slavery Constitution—have re
fused to accept the alternative of having Kansas become
a member ol the confederacy now or remain in territorial
tutelage until sho lias 93,000 inhabitants, but have resolv
ed to frame a iiw hill, anti-slavery in all its provisions
aud apply to Congress tor admittance at the next sessiou-
This is as we expected. We did not believe that the
Black Republicans in Kansas would like the hill any more
than the Black Republicans in Congress. Now, howev- !
er, anew song is put in the mouths of our American co~ j
temporaries. The whole Kansas question is to be re-en- i
acted in Congress—the South is to be overruled and the]
Southern Democracy are responsible. To it belongs all i
the evils that afflict the South—the Pandora’s box of Sou
thern woes—the medium through which the rights ol the \
South are squandered—the very quinteseence of subinis- |
sion and time-serviog expediency! Who makes this
charge! The Black Republicans who voted against the
Lecompton bill! No. The Northern Democrats, a ma
jority of whom voted for the Lecompton Constitution and
could have passed it withoutthe aid of a single Southern
vote! No. Douglas Democrats who could not swallow
nigger in the Lecompton Constitution ! No.—
But South Americans, whose Representatives from
two Southern States .deserted the South in the hour
of trial—rallied under the black tlag of abolitionism and |
houted pasans of praise as it waved in triumph over our
heads! With what little grace can our American cotem
poraries cast blame upon the Democracy for the present
phase of the Kansas question! Had the South better, pu
rer, more patriotic men than John J. Crittenden, Bell,
Marshall and a few other Americaus in Congress, the
present unhappy state of the Kansas question—the abiect
position of the South in comparison with the North,would j
not be deplored to-day by a single American journal.—
Kansas would have been a State in the Union with a
pro-slavery constitution—the South would have triumph
ed in the maintenance of a correct principle—all would
have been peace and harmony..
But ah! say our American friends, why did you press the
English bill! Why did you flower the standard of the
South! Why did you not tall with Lecompton! Why
did you not fall back upon the Georgia platform! Prithee!
where wa the Georgia Platform! Where were the Un
ion party that made it! Where were the South Ameri
cans who wanted to fight! Where were they when Lo
eompton was rejected! Where were their patriotic ora
tors—sentinels on the watch-tower proclaiming a viola
tion of the Georgia Platform! Not'a voice was heard
from them—mum was tne word, and the game was to
catch the Democrats eating fire as in 1850. Nothing was
better understood. The LaGrange Reporter and the Co
lumbus Enquirer—the latter, after a chaoge of editors,'did
say something about the Georgia Platform; but the for
mer would not pledge Mr. Hill, the late standard bearer of
the American party, to its own ‘views. The truth is, the
American party were prepared to cry Union, and ride into
power with so glowing a .watch word, while the Demo
crats,[under Gov. Brown,’ were taking care of the rights
of the South. Even now, the Savannah Republican char
ges us with treason to the Union; what would it have said
then! Heoce we conclude, that it is the chagrin and mor
tification whiclrthe Americans are forced to feel in not
making this issue, that causes their complaints against the
Democracy, more than their inclination to dissolve the
Union for the non admission of a free State, or their ex
alted love for our institutions. The conclusion is itresiti
ble.
Then, reader, “render unto Ca-sar the things which are
Caaar’s. ” 11 the Democracy brought about the present
unhappy state of atlairs, let it receive the blame. But re
member that the desertion.of six .Southerners—all Ame
ricans —defeated the Lecompton hill and the South! Re
member that the English bill was passed over ihe Black
Republican vote to prevent the American .party and a lew
democrats I ora crying Union, and whipping the South in
to submission, rather than dissolve the Union! Remember
that enough Northern democrats stood proudly by the
Sonth to pass the Lecompton pro slavery constitution
alone! Remember that the Democracy, regardless ol the
spoils and actuated by a love of principle, have shaken
off, as a leprous hide, its unsound elements—the Douglas
wing! Remember that the American party is anxious to
catch crumbs from the public table—has grown cold stand
tng out in the rain—is singing praises to Crittenden— Dou
glas’ ally—and willing to join the Black Republicans in a
“People’s Party” to defeat the Democracy! Reader, judge
for yourself which you will chose! Which is the cham
pion of the South! Which the most honest! Which the
most patriotic! Which freer from corrupts alliance and
has at heart the best interest of the people?
Death and Sickness KRq.u Eating Diseased Beef
A geotlemanjust from the lower counties, says the Savan
nah Georgian, informed us that one or two deaths had
occurred in families in Pierce county, from eating the milk
and meat of cattle afflicted [with the murrain or black
tongue—and several other members of the same families
sick god likely to die from the same cause.
Good JCevva from Missouri Defeat of F. I*.
Blair, Jr.
The telegraph has proclaimed the gratifying result ol the
election of Hon. J. R. Barrett, over F. P. Blair, in the St
Louis District- The former is a good and worthy demo
crat,the lattera Black Republican of tire first water the
more loathsome and abhorrent, Decause he was the repre
sentative of a Southern constituency. To the disgrace of
Missouri,he has represented her in the National Legisla
ture, and though his abilities have assigned him no higher
rank than that of an artful, intricueing demagogue, his po.
sition has emasculated the moral force of Southern opinion
and his revilement of the institution of slavery has been
more hurtfu] than all the venom manufactured by North
ern abolitionism. Theelection of such a mail was a hope
ful indication to the abolitionists, that their principles were
advancing southward, and were gradually compelling the
assent of the Southern mhid. We coufessthai we regard
ed it as the evidence of a tendency towards the abolition of
slavery in Missouri, and nothing short of the political os
tracism of this infamous reviler of the South, could have
cured the belief. The result is a sign which gives ho|ie of
h-tter things, and we honor the District lor the atonement
thus made for its past conduct.
Tile Ocean Telegraph,
Our telegraphic news has already acquainted our read
ers with the tact that ibis.stupeodous enterprise has been
successful. That which, a lew weeks ago, was supposed
to have an existence only iu the dream of the visionary en
thusiast, is now a recorded fact among the achievements
of practical science. We cannot sympathize with the regret
expressed by some of our cotemporaries for the result; but
on the contrary, we heartily rejoice at it. II it he undesir
able that the two continents are brought within the magic
circle of instantaneous communication, should we not
equally deplore the fact that already steam has partially
annihilated space, and sigh for a return of tile good old
time when month- were required to accomplish that which
is now performed mas many days? For our part, aside
from all other resulting advantages, we hail with unmixed
joy every achievement of science which wins a triumph
over man’s mortal enemies—time and space. The great
mission of man, so lar as his material destiny is concern
ed, is to subject and tutor the blind, mysterious powers of
nature and cause them to do his bidding— to give hands to
steam and voice to lightning. If the employment of these
agents does not directly contribute to our individual ad
vantage or convenience, it should at least command our
satisfaction that a portion of the world is benefitted with
out injury to ourselves.
University of tlie South.
We have been remiss in not before noticing an exceed
ingly neat specimen of pamphlet typography from the
press of Barrett & Wimbish, Montgomery, entitled “Pro
ceedings ol the Board of Trustees of the University of the
South, at this session, held at Beerslieba, Gunby county
Tenn .July Ith, 1853.” We gather from the pamphlet*
that this institution is fully resolved upon ; that the charter*
from ths State of Tennessee, [which is said to tie all that
can tie desired, has been accepted; and that the various
committees necessary to carry forward the project, have
been appointed, and are about to enter upon their work.
The noble conduct ol our sister Stale ol Alabama, in these
preliminary proceedings, is what we always expect from
her.
Our fellow citizens, the Rev. Mr. Hawks and Daniel
Griffin, Esq., are among the Trustees.
The large-heartedness of this whole scheme ; the char
acters ol the men engaged in it; and the object to be at
tained, cannot hut commend it to the warmest symjia
thies of every well-wisher of our common country, We
hid the project a cheerful Goo speed-
Douglas ami Crittenden Contrasted.
With the above caption, [U&Enquirer of this morning
treats its readers to an article ol considerable length in
which it labors to prove that Mr. Crittenden is a better
man than Judge Douglas. The ingenuity of our cotem
porary is employed very dexterously, we admit, hut we
think that, hy the use of a more direct and plainer test,
he could have arrived at a different conclusion with greater
satisfaction and less space. Had he succeeded, he would
not necessarilv have established Mr. Crittenden’s claim to
any great regard . It is true, he condemns the course of the
last named gentleman on the Kansas question, but he af
terwards, commend- him so highly and in such a manner,
as to acquit him of all blame. The apology more than
counteracts the censure. Both inay be likened to a huge
plaster of mongrel ingredients, say ammonia and honey,
possessing respectively caustic and emollient properties;
and they are combined in the proportion of about an inch
of ammonia to a foot of honey.
Our charge against Mr. Crittenden is, that he voted
against the admission of Kansas with the Lecompton con
stitution, and that in so doing he did wrong—he violated
the principles of justice. We assume of course, that the
application was in form and pro|ier This wo understand
our cmemporary to admit. It makes no difference, in this
view of the matter, whether any “considerations of person
al good faith or of consistent statesmanship existed” in
the case of Mr. Crittenden or not. Every man is under a
personal prior obligation to do right, and whenever such
“considerations” come in conflict with such obligation,the
former must yield. Judge Douglas did exactly what Mr-
Crittenden did. He voted against the Lecompton Consti
tution and for Mr. Crittenden s own bill. It that bill was
right and just, Judge Douglas ought to have voted for it,
and sent his “consistent statesmanship” to the dogs. They
are the same then upon the record in respect to this ques
tion. Now in regard to the inducement that operated up
on these gentlemen and controlled their action. We heart
ily endorse the strictures of the Enquirer, on the conduct of
the Illinois Senator. The “attribution ol motive is not
proper, or, rather, is not sufficiently precise- He says it
was “hostility to the admission of Kansas as a slave
State.” This hostility was the result of selfish consider
ations. Judge Douglas remembered the record’of the last
Presidential contest in his State. In the ominous union
of the two forces of the opposition which were then divi
ded ,he read his inevitable defeat at home. This party
therefore had to he conciliated. Judge Douglas, also, is a
man of large ambition. He is very anxious to be made
President. A survey of the field convinced him that the
government would certainly and soon pass into the hands
of the anti-slavery power. Against this .power he had
spent a life-time in honest, zealous warfare. He could
not, therefore, expect from it mercy or promotion, without
a large atonement. The favor of the god must be won by
a great sacrifice. It occurred to him it he were to break
with his party upon this great and vital question,and could
succeed in defeating the administration upon it, he would
propitiate the wrath which had been treasured up against
him. His plan, therefore, was to divide the Democracy
and, at the head ol one of its divisions, with the aid of the
Black Republicans, to march to power. To do this, re
quired him to abandon his professed principles, nay, to re
ver e h s political life, and tor his conduct, thus interpreted,
he i erits the reprobation and contempt of all honest
met
Let us see, now,how Mr. Crittenden’s motives will stand
the test. We have seen that they were together on the
record. Mr. Crittendon moved a substitute to the Senate
bill for which Judge Douglas voted. Wiiat induced Mr
Crittenden to bring forward his substitute! Our neighbor
pays that gentleman a poor compliment when, in speakiDg
of the Kansas Nebraska act,he says, “it is not even known
that he (Crittenden) would have voted for it had he been
in the Senate.” Such a suspicion is unjust. A bill which
was applauded and endorsed with the superscription of
“good” by the whole Soutii, would have received the suf
frage of the venerable Kentuckian. We are not begging
the question of our neighbor. He says himself that “the
essence of the bill was strict non-intervention by Con
gress.” It is, in the nature ofthings, impossible that any
true Southern man, or any right minded man anywhere,
should honestly object to that principle. We may as well
expect a niau to declaim against charily or truth. It is
further admitted in the article on which we are comment
ing, that the spirit of the Kansas-Nebraska act was fairly
and fully carried our in the formation of the Lecompton
constitution. The conclusion, therefore, is unavoidable
that Mr. Crittenden's motive for opposition to that consti
tution was sinister. What that specific motive was, cir
cumstances have not left to conjecture. It is clearly de
veloped by the machinery which was immediately and
stealthily set in motion to nominate him tor the Presidency.
By the “dark lantern” which he held in his land he dimly
discerned at the end of his path, what he supposed to be
the Executive Mansion. Ah! fatal illusion! he will find it
instead, the cheerless abode of dishonored retirement.
We have thus shown, we think, that these distinguish
ed gentlemen, in the Kansas drama have acted the same
part, with similar, if not identical, motives. We have en
deavored to eliminate every consideration which did not
bear upon the question of right. In determining this ques.
lion, it is obvious that a man’s sectional position, and past
politcal affinities can have nothing to do. Such conside
rations, however, are generally taken into account in es
timating human conduct, and, availing ourselves of the
u-'ual license, it we had space, it might lie interesting to
enquire whether a traitor to a party, is not entitled to, at
feast, equal sympathy with a traitor to his home and sec
tion.
Weather—Rain.
The dry weather of the two past weeks has, at length
been terminated hy ample rains, the first occurring on Sat
urday evening last and followed by another on Sunday
and again on yesterday. Reports from the country satisfy
us that the rains have been general, and their good effects
are conspicuous everywhere iu refreshed vegetation aud the
improved condition of the growing crop.
KctKorinl Change.
The U- J t. number of the Empire State contains tli’e vaf
edictory ol A. A. Gaulding, and the salutatory ol J. II
Steele to the patrons ol that paper. We part with the tor
rner to welcome him soon in the editorial chair ol the At
lanta Intelligencer. We have space lor only the follow
ing short extract from his address:
“We have purchased an interest in the “Atlanta Intelli’
gpiicerand lor ihe luture, shall be counected with that
paper as one ol its Editors and Proprietors. In leaving a
position which has been, in many respects, to* us ;i pleas
ant one, we are relieved from many of our regrets, at part’
ing with so many kind friends, by the consideration, tha
we shall be succeeded by one whose longer experience
and superior abilities in the Editorial profession, render him
much more worthy of your support than we have been.
iVlaj. Steele has long and favorably been known to the
press and the reading public in an editorial capacity. We
in ert the following from his graceful salutatory :
To assume that we shall he able to till the place, either
as Editor of this paper, or as a resident of Griffin, of the
gentleman who has selected another city fur his future resi
dence aud labor, would be arrogating to oursell more than
we can justly, or have any desire to claim. We will how
ever, assume to say that we shall zealously discharge our
duty both to the readers of the “Empire State,” and the
beautiful and prosperous city in which it is located ; that
we9hall “set down nought in maiice and that, whije ad
voocating the “stern and liberal principles of Democracy,”
and the cause ol the irtouih, we shall permii no partisan
spirit to lead us into intemperate expressions offensive to
our political adversaries, as they invariably are to a refined
taste. The “argument exhausted,” we shall abandon the
field of political disputation rather than resort to personal
vituperation or abuse. In all things though, that which
duty prompts, we shall, with alacrity fearlessly perlorm.
United States Agricultural Fair.
It is confidently believed (says the Richmond Dispatch)
that this great National Fair will bring a greater crowdo f
visitors to this city than ever has been seen in Richmond-
One ot the gentlemen who has been most active in its pro
motion, informs us that he has received letters from as far
North as Canada, expressing an iutention to he present, and
the whole country, from the Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico*
will have its representatives. The variety of articles on
exhibi ion, of blooded horses, and all kinds oi stock, will
surpass anything ever before seen in Virginia. To add
to the attractions of the occasion, the Hon. Caleb Cushing,
of Massachusetts, one of the first statesmen and scholars of
the country, is expected to deliver the address, which,
alone, would be worth traveling a long ways to hear.
Hon. A 11. Stephens.
A Cincinnati paper atates that the Hon. A. H- Stephens
of Georgia, did not hesitate to declare, while in that city a
lew days ago ,en route for the Northwest, “that he was in
favor of the re-election to the Senate of Judge Douglas,
and that he regarded the war made on him and the anti-
Lecompton Democracy of Illinois wickedly foolish.” —
Wash. States.
This little morsel is in the mouths of several of our
American friends and they roll it about and chew it with
characteristic gusto. We have no idea that Mr. Stephens
ever said it. If he did, lie is no better than Douglas, of
course.
New Advertisements.
j Mr. A. W. Sneed, of Chattahoochee county,otters his
| valuable place lor salo. ‘I he land is oak and hickory,
i and produces well- Read the advertisement,
j William N. Neal, Executor, will offer at public sale on
j the first Tuesday iu October, a valuable Flantat iou in
j Talbot county.
! Parents and Guardians are referred to the notice of the
j Cottage School. The experience of Mr. Edgar as a tea*
| cher.and the privacy and beauty of his location, equally
i recommend this school to public consideration,
j The Troy Factory is offering bargains in their line to
| city and county merchants, as weU as others needing ar-
I tides of their manufacture. Patronize home iudustry. All
work done by this company is done well.
) > •“ sales in Talbot county.
Deiernt on sonora Apprehended
! St. Louis, Aug. 10.— An arrival here from Albuquerque
j announces that three hundred and seventy-live men were
met at the Pawnee Fork, on their way to joiu Walker in
Sonora. They understood that Walker would he at the
Pass with eight hundred mounted men, armed with Minnie
rifles, and eight canuon.
Hall at Indian Springs.
We learn from the Macon papers that a grand hall will
be given at the Indian Springs on the‘2sth inst. ‘I he Tel
egraph says it is expected to he a grand affair the like, of
which has not been seen in that region for many a day.
Stabbing Affray.
We learn that on Saturday night last a man by the
name of McArthur, living in-Giraril, was attacked, on the
new bridge, by a man named John Allen, of this city and
receivedli um the latter several severe wounds with a knife.
The stabs, though severe, are not considered mortal. The
cause of the difficulty is unknown to us.
A Woman Murdered.
On Sunday afternoon as the Muscogee train was ap
proaching the city, the body ot a woman was seen within
a few feet of the track about a mile west of the Bull creek
crossing. The intelligence was communicated to our
Coroner who summoned a jury and proceeded to the spot’
On examination seven stabs were discovered on her person,
any one of which would have been sufficient to cause
death. The body was identified as that of Mrs. Ivey, lor.
merly Mrs. Curry, the reputed wife of Giles Ivey, of this
city. Suspicion has fastened upon her husband as the mur
derer. They were seen to leave together in the morning
in the direction of the spot where the deceased was found
and he was afterwards observed with blood upon his
clothes. (Its subsequent disappearance is another circum
stance confirmatory of his guilt-
Death and Sickness prom Eating Diseased Beef. —A
gentleman just from the lower counties, says the Savannah
Georgian, informed us that one or two deaths had occur
red in two families in Pierce county, from eating the meat
and milk of cattle afflicted w ith the murrain or black ton
gue—and several other members of the same families are
sick and likely to die from the same cause.
A Year op Abundance, —The Providence Journal
with which we agree, thinks there is high promise of a
yearot abundant food. In the regions to which the civil
ized world mainly look for the supply of food, the pros
pects are of large returns to the labors of agriculture, in
England, where the supply of food is so important, that the
effects of abundance or of scarcity extend to all the com
mercial countries, the harvest has begun earlier than usual
and with favorable weather. In France, where the peace
ot Europe depends largely upon a good crop , the sams
favorable appearances prevail; and in this country the
yield promises to be enormous. The vine, that has suf
fered so severely all over the country, is now flourishing
to a degree that ‘eaves no doubt that the vintage of 18.38
promises to take its place among the great years of quan
tity and quality. The disease that has so long afflicted it
has been mastered mainly, we believe, by the application
of sulphur.”
Appointments. —The Washington correspondent ot the
New York Times says that Mr. Yancey of Georgia, has
received his instructions, and will leave in a lew days as
Ministerto Venezuela. Also that a New Yorker who hails
from Indiana, a special friend ot Senator Bright’s, receives
the appointment to the Argentine Republic.
Rust in the Cotton Crop. — A correspondent of the
Eufaula Native says: “1 have been traveling through the
cottou-growing region of this county, and from what 1
could hear and see, I am satissfied the cotton crop will fall
short of last year. The r and rust, one of the most destruc
tive diseases to which the cotton plant is heir, set in early,
in the season, and continued its ravages slowly up to the
first of July, at which time, it spread more rapidly, destroy
log as it went both leaf and form. The caterpillar is also
said to have commenced its ravages upon some of the river
plantations.”
New Cotton at Florence. —Our friends in Florence
started the cotton ball on the same day Twith ourselves.—
The first bale of new cotton was received ‘at that mar
ket on the f>th instant. It was grown on the plantation oi
A. W- Hill, Esq., and sold to Messrs. J. Webb & J. W.
Orr, at 13 cents per lb.
Yellow Fever— Within five days says the N. O.
Crescent of the fith, there have peen 32 deaths by yellow
lever at the Charity Hospital. How the disease progres
ses in private practice we have no means of ascertaining
definitely ; but from what we hear, the next weekly returns
will show a considerable increase in the mortality from
this source. With a lew exceptions the disease is con
fined to the poor, unacclimated population, particularly in
he Third District.
Franklin College —New Trustees.—The Ath
ens Banner says: At a meeting of the Trustees o,
Frank in College, at commencement, the resigna
tion of Messrs. Jas. H. Couper, of Glynn county,
and A. L. Alexander, of Wilkes, county, were re
ceived. Messts. Wm. Dougherty, ot this place,
and John Barnes, of Liberty county, were elected
to fill their^laces.
Sdutlienior and Advertiser for Sale.
The proprietor, D. 11. Mason offers the above paper for
sale He says it has 1000 bona fide subscribers ; the prin
ting material almost altogether new, and the office ad
mirably fitted up. He says, moreover, that “the paper is
doing an unusually guod business—has a fine urn of ad
vertising patronage—aud, in fact, could hardly he mismau
aged so as not to make money. The location is quite
healthy,and the prospects of Rome were never s<> bright, at
any period in her history- A good Democrat, with seme
litt'e means, has an opportunity which seldom.* occurs,
to establish h ineelf in business.” .Address the proprieler at
Rome, Ga.,
Westminster Review.—'The July number of this pe
riodical is on our table with its usual amount ol interest
ing matter. We notice particularly a highly ingenious and
very readable article on “Recent Astronomy and the Neb
ular Hypothesis.”
LaGrange Reporter announces the death of
Major George Heard, age 73years, a prominent citizen ot
that place.
Mr. Reuben Hill, aged about nioety live years, died
recently in Dawson county ,in this State. He was a native
of North Carolina, and emigrated to this State about twen*
ty years ago.
fcjJP'A telegraphic dispatch from Yoi’k, Pa., on the 7ih
inst.,says there is great rejoicing going on. “The town is
i \ a perlect uproar, owing to the news of the successful lay
big ot the Atlantic cable. There are bonfires at every cor
ner, and all the bells in town are ringing, with a grand
display of fireworks, &c- The Worth Infantry Band was
also our, playing animated music. In short it is a second
edition of the Ith of Ju'y.* ‘
In many other cities and towns like demonstrations have
already taken place, hut the grand jubilee of all the civil
ised nations of the earth has yet to come off What a
spectacle! Every nation rejoicing at the triumphs of
science and skill.
Government Loan. —Washington, July ‘J.— The ap
plications fur ten millions loan were opened to day, and
awarded at an average premium of five per cent.
[COMMUNICATED.]
Rust in Cotton-
Since my article for your paper on “Rust in Cotton,’
written on last Monday, I have made another examina
tion of my crop and I am satisfied that l did not represent
matters as bad as they really are, a practiced eye can de
tect it in any part of the crop and in any direction. The 10
acres I mentioned as being destroyed are just now begio
ing to bud out afresh.
I passed a neighbors house yesterday, and learned from
from him that he had no rust ol any consequence, upon
my calling his attention to its peculiarity ot color, &c—he
was induced to make a more minute examination, and oti
my return in the evening of the same day he reported it as
“every where in his crop.”
All persons who have no rust had better look again and
look carefully. If you detect a glossy mahogany spot in
the centre of a leaf near where the stems of the leaf unite,
set it down as rust- On the under side you will see tiie
same spot, not so glazed and glossy. Go aga n and look
at the same stalk in a week and you will agree with me
that you had the rust and did not know it. Quere ;Is it
rust or insects ? A miscroscope will tell. Who has one
and will examine.
[communicated.]
Rust in Cotton.
Messrs. Editors : The rust in the Cotton crop is threat
ening in this (Stewart) county. On my farm of 225 acres
in cotton, some 10 or 15 acres have been pretty well de
stroyed- I hear it is making its appearance in small patch
es, all over the crop. If it should stop with-its present rav
ages, the damage would not he so serious, but the proba
bilities are tfgianst its stopping. It made its appearance
about a month ago, during wet weather, a ehortdry spell
followed without checking it. Amidst all kinds ol sea
sons it has steadily advanced in its work of destruction.
My present belief, after close watching ansi a recent inspec
tion is, that it will continue to spread until ii will pretty
well sweep over my crop. II it does, my crop will not be
more than half of an average one.
The condition of my crop is but a fair representation of
multitudes ol others'in this county—others again, up to this
time, have escaped almost entirely. From other counties,
the same intelligence reaches me. In less than 80 days
you will hear but few brags about a heavy crop.
Yours .
lion. \V. Vo Cook.
M kssrs. Editors: Among other distinguished gentle
men worthy oLthe position of Judge ol the Pataula Cir
cuit permit me to recommend the Hon. Win. C. Cook—
the present able Representative from the County of Early
to the democratic nominating Convention to assemble at
Cuthbert. A lawyer of long experience—a man of true
worth and sterling integrity and a democrat of the purest
stamp, it would he a tribute to just merit aud faithful servi
ces to clothe him with the ermine and robe- For aught
we know he has no desire for ihe position and would not
accept a nomination if proffered him, hut, democrats, re
member your true men aud force them to serve'. We dis
parage the claims of no one in this recommendation and
will support cheerfully Tucker, l’erkins, Hood, Guerry,
Harrell, Harrison Kiddoo, or whoever Ihe nominee may
be. Chattahoochee.
The Weather and Crops.
Truly hath a wise man said, no one knows what
a day may bring forth. Until within a few days of
the late wheat harvest, the prospect lor an abun
dant crop in this State was unprecedentedly good.
In all parts of Virginia the greatest apprehension
of the farmer seemed to be that in consequence of
the unusual over production of the article, he would
not be able to get anything for his wheat. This
was the geneiai apprehension til! about the first of
June, when it was removed from his mind by the
simultaneous appearance of rust in almost every
field from the Atlantic to ihe Ohio The disastrous
story may be told in few words : The wheat crop
ofVirginia this year is a failure as compared with
the expectations in which the farmers indulged
early in the season. The quantity is reduced more
than one-half, and the quality is generally infe
rior.
A similar disappointment, we greatly fear, awaits
the corn-planters of Virginia this season. Until
very recently the corn crop promised a super-abun
dant yield, but the present prospect is that it will
he cut short one half if not two-thirds. The present
drought is excessive, and its effects are already
disastrous on the corn. Without rain in a lew
days, the crop must be a failure except on low
grounds. All summer vegetation is suffering great
ly from the drought. —Richmond Examiner.
Thf. Cotton Chop w Texas.— The Galveston
Civilian, of the 28th, says :
Another bale of new cotton, from the plantation
ofL. W. Groce, in Austin county, near Hempstead,
and which left Hempstead yesterday, arrived here
this morning, consigned to J. Shackleford—class
Good Middling, weight 435 pounds. It has been
sold to Law. Frosh, at 134 cents per pound.
The Telegraph mentions the arrival of four more
bales of new cotton at Houston. Hereafter new
cotton will be the rule, not the exception in re
ceipt. The old crop seems to have been pretty
well exhausted; and the receipts have fallen be
low any point we had anticipated. The amount
last week was only 267 bales; this week it will be
still less. The receipts of the season thus far have
been less than 115,000 bales, and it will probably
require a considerable quantity of new crop to car
ry the year up to 120,000 bales. At the present
rate this estimate will barely be reached. •
The Galveston News, of the 20th, says :
A citizen of Galveston, just relumed from a
trip through Anderson, Houston, Leon and some
other counties, reports that the prospect for tiie
cotton crop is splendid—never better, if as good.
No appearance anywhere yet of the worm, or any
thing to injure the crop, though our informant
heard of the caterpillar above Palestine. There
is said to be considerable sickness in the above
counties, chills aud fever being the prevailing com
plaint.
First New Cotton in Tallahassee.— Two
bales of new cotton were received iu the Talla
hassee market on Thursday, from the plantation
Gen. Robert Butler, of this county. This is the
first new cotton of the present crop that has been
brought to market. The quality was middling fair.
The two bales were bought by H. L. Rutgers, Esq.,
Commission Merchant, at 11 cents, — Floridian,
Ith ult.
Wheat andCokn.—The Calhoun (Gordon co.)
Platform says;—There is quite an active business
doing iu the grain trade at this place. Our streets
are thronged daily with wagons loaded with grain
From five to seven cars loaded with either wheat
or corn are shipped daily. The quantity would
he much greater it the price ottered were higher.
We are glad to see, however, that our farmers are
selling at present prices, as there is but little
probability that it will get better soon. If all the
surplus corn and wheat at jiresent prices it would
produce quite a change for the better in financial
matters.
THE OCEAN TELEGRAPH.
Trinity Bay, Aug. 10.—Everything in connection with
tlm Atlantic cable is progressing satisfactorily.
Tito Queen and President’s Messages.
Trinity Bay, Aug. 11.—Ihe electricians ol the
cable report Hint il is probable they will transmi
ihe Queen and President’s mess.-.ges early to-day.
Telegraph i ut*le.
Speaking of the successful laying down ol the Atlanfte
Telegraph.lbe New York Herald oi-thefith
“The grand event ol the age is consummated- The great
problem ol the present generation is solved. The savants
ofto-day may now exclaim, with greater reason than the
philosopher of old, “Eureka!” The Old and the New
Worlds are connected by that most mysterious aud won
derful of all agencies—electricity. Past failures have on
ly intensified the public joy at the present success. The
ships of the third expedition, which left Queenstown on
the 17th of July, and which started from mid-ocean on
the 29th to make the fourth attempt to lay the cable, ar
rived at their respective destinations, Trinity Bay, New
Foundland, and Valentia Bay, Ireland, on Wednesday
evening, and yesterday the two continents were in connec
tion with each other. No verbal communications, we be
lieve, have yet passed, the rule being that the electricians
should only test the continuity until all the arrangements
(orthe transmission ol messages are made. Those will
be completed to-day, we presume, and the European news
of to-day will probably be published in the Herald of to
morrow. The first message that is to be conveyed through
these mysterious wire-, now coiled m the ocean’s depths,
is to he a greeting from Queen Victoria to President
Buchanan.”
Hot ii find ot the Cable Handed ! !
rignals Complete ! ! !
Trinity Bay, Aug, 7.—Tha Atlantic cable, i- a com
sit•><>?>. Signals are being transmitted through the
whole extent It may, however, bo several days, or per
haps we ks, la-fore it is o|>ened to the public.
” A.'.oriitß DIsI’ATCH.
Trinity Bay, Aug. 7.—Both e.ndsuj ;ijtvtelogt*!Tj)ti cable
are now successfully landed, and in perfect order—signals
are passing moment oily.
Atlantic Cable
Our b-k-'grav'.i ■ n -ws announces the successful
laving of t - 'i Atlantic Telegraph cable. It is such
ai i it 1. i > uuifii that the mind involuntarily recoils
from heli'-f in Us completion—we want fact oil
fact, demonstration on demonstration, until the
judgment is compelled and astounded into an ad
mission of the success ot the enterprise.
We have no doubt that the great effort lias been
accomplished ; and that in a short time we wil lie
in diiect and dai'y telegraphic communication with
Europe.
It may he gratifying to some of our readers to
know the number oi important and c mparatively
small cables already submerged, and the time they
were laid. We are indebted to the {{linker's Maga
zine and Statistical Registers lor our facts.
The first submarine cable was laid between
Dover, in England, and Calais, in France, during
August, 1850. The cable was twenty-four miles
long. The first cab'e laid was injured by chafing
against the rocks off Cape Gtinez. The second
cable was immediately put down, which lias re
mained in good order tor near eight years.
! In May, 1852, a cable was laid connecting Eng
| land with Ireland, it was extended from Holly
head to Ilowth. and was sixtv-four miles long.
J In May 1853, Scotland and Ireland were con
nected by “Ihe Pork Patrick and Garrickfurgus”
1 cable, which was twenty-four miles long.
In June, 1851,u cable one hundred and fifteen
1 miles long was laid between Orfordness, in Eng
land, and the Hague, in Holland.
A third cable, seventy-five miles in length*
was laid in 1832, between Dover and Ostend.
In 1855, cables from Italy to Corsica, then to
Sardinia, were, after much difficulty, successfully
laid down, a distance of about seventy-five miles.
In 1855, a cable three hundred and forty miles
long wa* laid across the Black Sea, from Varna
to Balaklava; and another cable, the same year,
sixty miles long, from Balaklava to Eupatoria.
Many other cables, of varying lengths, have been
laid, and are in successful operation; but they all
I dwindle into insignificance when compared with
the greatest achievement of the present age, that
of successfully laying the Atlantic cable.
The news of tiie success of this great enterprise
was received in our city on yesterday with ming
led emotions of gratification and doubt. It affor
ded unbounded pleasure to all who have watched
with anxiety the progress of this work, and doubts
only intervened for tear that their hopes would
not be fully realised.— Augusta Constitutionalist
, ,
[ Trinity Bay, Aug. 7.—The following are ex
tracts from the journal of Mr. Field in relation to
the Atlantic telegraph expedition :
Saturday. July 17.—this morning the telegraph
fleetsarled from Queenstown, Ireland, as follows:
The Valorous and Gordon at 12 A. M., the Ni
agara at 7:30 P. ML, and the Agamemnon a few
hours later. All the steamers to use as little coal
as possible in getting to the rendezvous.
The Niagara arrived at'the rendezvous, latitude
| 52 5, longitude 33 40, at 8.30 P. M., on Friday,
| July 23d.
| Sunday, July 25.—Tiie Valorous arrived at the
rendezvous at 4 o’clock A. M., weather? calm ;
hazy and cloudy atmosphere. Cajit. Oldham, oi’
the Valorous, came on board of the Niagara.
Tuesday, July 27.—Calm weather; hazy atmos
phere. The Gordon arrived at the rendezvous
at 5 P. M.
Wednesday, July 28.—Light north north-west
wind ; blue sky and hazy atmosphere. The Aga
memnon arrived at the redezvous at 5 P. M.
Thursday, July 29.—Latitude 52 59 north, longi
tude 32 27 west. Telegraph fleet all in sight;
sea _smooth ; light wind from south-coast to south
south-east; cloudy.
Splice made in the cable at one, P. M., signals
through the whole ieng to of the cable on boad both
ships periect. Depth of water fifteen hundred and
fifty fathoms.
Distance to the entrance of Valentia harbor
eight and thirteen nautical miles, and
Iron) there to the telegraph house the shore end of
of the cable is laid.
Distance to the entrance ol Trinityl Bay. N. F.
eight hundred and twenty-two nautica miles, and,
from there to the telegraph house, at head of Bay
of Bull’s Arm, sixty miles—making in all eight
hundred and eighty-two nautical miles.
The Niagara has sixty-nine miles farther to run
than the Agamemnon.
Tiie Niagara and Agamemnon have each eleven
hundred nautical miles of cable on board, about
the same quantity as last year.
Thursday, Aug. 5. —At 1.45 A. M-, the Niagara
anchored. Total amount of cable paid out since
the splice was made, one- thousand ami sixteen
miles six hundred fathoms. Total distance run
882 miles. Amount ot’cahle jiaid out over dls
tane run. 134 miles and 600 fathoms, being a sur
plus of about 15 per cent. At 2 A. M.. went
ashore in a small boat, and informed the persons
in charge ot the telegraph house—half a mile from
the landing—that the telegraph Fleet had arrived,
and were ready to land the end of the cable. At
2:45 A. M , received a signal from Ihe Agamem
non that she litid paid out 1010 miles of the cable.
At 5:15 A. M. the cable was landed. At 6A. M.
the shore end of the cabie was carried into the
Telegraph House, and a strong current of electrici
ty ri-caived through the whole cable from the oth
er side ot the Atlantic. Capt. Hudson then read
prayers, and made some remarks. At I IL M.,
H. M. steamer Gorgon tired a Royal salute ot
twenty-one guns, and all < lie day was discharging
the cargo belonging to the Telegraph company.”
Friday, Aug. 6th, 1858.—Have been receiving
all day strong electric signals from the Telegraph
House in Valentia.
Note.— We landed 1 tore in the woods. Until
the telegraph instruments are already and per
fectly adjusted, communications cannot pass be
tween the two Continents, hut the electric cur
rents are received freely. You shall have the
earliest intimation when all is ready, but it may
be some days before everything is perfected. The
first telegraph message between Europe and Ameri
ca, will he from the Queen of England to the
President of the United Slates, and the second, his
reply. Cyrus W. Field.
The “National Artillery.”
The ultimate security of our country must de
pend upon her citizen soldiery, and we are glad
to see this company of ‘Flying Artillery’ organ
ized in our town. On the 31st ult, the following
gentlemen were elected:
Officers of the ‘.\rtional Artillery.’
Captain—A. A. Franklin Hill.
Ist Lieut.—Wm. G. Dei.ony.
2nd Lieut. —Henry H.” Carlton.
With these men there “is no such word as fail i
—and we know that in peace or in war this Corps ]
will sustain and bear forward the honor of Geor- s
gia. —Athens Danner. I *
City Bonds.
The question of right of The City of Columbus
to tax her citizens to pay the interest on the bond
ol the city issued to aid in Un- constiuction of ifo
Mobile and Guard Railroad lias been.carried ups
t the ‘Supreme Court. The Court has dc-ided
that the Council had no right to levy such a tax,
on the ground that Ho- Legislature ot the State had
not given the authority.
But the good jreopje 8!’ Columbus, it seems, are
by no means disposed to take advantage ol the
decision, or allow the honor and integrity ol the
city to suffer. With their three or four hundred
thousand dollars of Railroad stock on hand, and
their bonds out to the same amount, they met m
public assembly on the 2d instant,and unanimous
ly adopted the following resolutions :
Resolved, That in the opinion of this mo- ring,
the bonds issued by the city to the Mobile aud Gi
rard Railroad, were negotiated in good faith and
purchased for a valuable consideration, and their
prompt payment is required by every considera
tion of morality and justice.
Resolved further, That tor the purpose of pro
viding the means for such payment, our Senator
and Representatives in tire Legislature be request
ed to urge at the next session of the General As
sembly, the passage of a law conferring authority
on the City Council to levy a tax sufficient in
amount to meet such liabilities.
This is as it should he, and will ever he with a
city timt exists by commerce, and whose ji-'ojrie
know tin! value of commercial credit.
A recent number of the “Railroad Record,”
published at Cineb. ”, makes the following re
marks on tho subject of public securities, which
. are donbll. ss just and true :
“It is a curious fact that our city-corporations
have maintained tlieir credit and financial stability,
better than any other public bodies. Many of the
States have not hesitated to let their bonds lie over
unpaid, and their credit he prostrated ; hut tin-- has
not been the case with municipalities. We do rot
recollect an instance in which a city has fai ed to
jiay its liabilities promptly, l’erhaps one reason of
this is, that city authorities are all under the im
mediate eye of their constituents, and especially
of commercial men, who know the great valtm of
credit.”
City securities are unquestionably the safest in
vestments in the world. Who does not know how
firm the credit of the city of Charleston stood after
the great lire in that city, when the corporal inn
went into the market to borrow itroneyto loan again
to its citizens to reconstruct their buildings / in
the old world, some twenty years ago, when tl;
city of Hamburg was nearly all destroyed by fire,
the city corporation came forward to borrow mo
ney for the accommodation of its citizens for the
same purpose, and although the loan obtained
swelled the city debt to an amount exceeding tin
entire value of all the property of the city, private
and public, yet this money was obtained from cap
italists at three per cent, interest.— Atlanta Ar; t •
ican.
Reform of the Banking System of Tennessee.
A large number of the leading merchantsnf .Mem
phis held a meeting on Wednesday night last, to
confer upon the host meansof remedying the evils
resulting from the bad repute into which the cur
rency of the State has grown. A committee, which
had been appointed at a jirovious meeting, report
ed the following resolutions, which were read and
adopted :
1. Resolved, That the character of, and demand
for the produce brought to this market, renders i:
itnptrative and just that the euneticy for which L
is sold should conform to a specie basis.
2. Resolved, That for the attainment of this ob
ject, we use all the means in our power to drive
from circulation the bills of all hanks not converti
ble into sjiecie at par in this city.
3. Resolved, That the practice of issuing notes
here, payable at some distant points, is a policy as
unwise as it is prejudicial to the real interest oi the
peojde of this city and country, as well as th
Banks themselves, and should not longer be in
d tired.
4. Resolved, That the course of the Branches of
the Planters’and Union Banks of this city, since
tlieir resumption of specie payments, in tfo-ir lib
eral disbursements and payments of specie and
low rales of Exchange, lias !> en very satisfactory
to the community, but that while tve commend the
course of these institutions, yet we believe that
nothing short of an issue, redeemable at the coun
ters at which it is paid out, will secure a complete
restotaiion of confidence throughout the country.!
5. Resolved, That the planters throughout tin
con u try he, and ar<- hereby * arm-stly requested to,
aid us all they can in bringing about the dosir-ii ‘
reformation, by demanding for their protfucts wh j
money as is equivalent to specie.
Col. A. A- Franklin Hill.
Os this place, was elected on Tuesday evening
last, at the annual meeting of the Society of the
Alumni, their orator for the next year, We con
gratulate the Society upon its choice, and the
gentleman, himsclf, upon the high honor coninr
red. — Athens Banner.
5.-#” The wags must have their Am on all ot:
casions, whether at a jolly gathering, or in the
mournful train of a funeral. The suspense caused
in perfecting the arrangements necessary fir
telegraphing by the cable, and the delay in receiv
ing and transmiting messages from the Queen of
England and President of the United Stat< s,
have induced the wags to con out some fun for
the public entertainment—hence the following :
“Windsor Canale, August 6, 1858.
“President Buchanan— Dear Sir : As you will
not permit me to “visit” you, will you allow mo to
drop you a lino ? Faithfully yours,
u Victoria Regina.”
REPLY OF PRESIDENT BUCHANAN TO THE qUEI.N.
“Washington. August 6, 1858.
“My Dear Madam: It is my impression that you
have dropped enough of your line already, and that
you are running the thing into the ground.
Yours, faithfully,
“James Buchanan.”
Minister. Forsyth.—A Washington correspon
dent of the Philadelphia Press, says that this
gentleman is not recalled from his mission at
.Mexico, and he thus gives his authority for the
statement:
Washington, July 28,1858.
Notwithstanding the assertion of the various
daily papers to the contrary, I can assure von
that Mr. Forsyth, our minister, in Mexico, is not
recalled.
A few days ago I heard from Ihe President's
own lips, asserting that the tenor of the late des
patches sent by Captain Henry to .Mr. Forsyth ; .
to the effect that the latter discontinue to have ativ
official intercourse with that Government, at the
same time to remain at his post and passively
watch the course of events there, llis late acts
in Mexico are neither approved nor censured by
our Administration—in other words, we are non
committal.
Missouri Election.—The telegraph informs us
that Barrett, Democrat, has been elected to Con
gress from the St. Louis district, over Blair, Re
publican. This news will be received with a thrill
of joy throughout the South. Blair has been one
of the most active and uncompromising enemies
of slavery on the floor of Congress, and his elec
tion from a southern State has been a subject of
congratulation to the Abolitionists at the N rth.
We hope at the next elections, the detent of Mar
shall and Underwood in Kentucky, will wipe out
the last remnants of Black Republicanism in the
Boutlt. .\nshi tile Union.
Two notorious thieves—Henry Miller and
George Grady, escaped from jail at Memphis m
Friday night last, by assaulting the guard.
Stampede towards Su hues corgi axism—We
learn that there has been, within a few months
past, quite n stampede in the German Methodist
churches of New Orleans and vicinity towards
Swedenbnrgianisnt. One of the most popular of
German preachers. Rev. J. M. Holer, lias gone
over to the mystic faith ot the. great Swedish phi
losopher, and taken with him not a few of bis breth
ren and friends, and now holds forth to them at
private houses on the Sabbath.
,\< w Orleans Commercial Bulletin, Jn-’y -JG
Peter Williams and Abraham Cox, sailors
on hoard the brig Albion Cooper, have been sen
tenced to be hung at Portland, Me. on the 27th
instant, for the murder of Quenton 1). Smith, an
officer of the vessel.
After the sentence had been pronounced, Will
iams said he wished to speak, He then requested
the Court to take notice thatj tl lese things come
from cruelty to sailors, and beating them w ith a
slung shot and tying them up and flogging them.
This he said, was what brought him here.
New York, Au-*.. f>.—The dispatch in the New York
Herald, stating that the Agamemnon had reach-d V.q,
cia, is doubted-
Oregon itnd Washington Territories.
W*stti.NOTox, Aug. 6,-sGen. Hartley takes ~
the army in Oregon and Washington Territories.
There will soon he two thousand of the best eqiiip., e j
troops sent to that region to operaie again t and snpji t .._.
Indian revolts.
Viiexjiceted Apperance of Walker.
Augusta, Ang. 13. —The filibuster Walker, : v
reported to he leading an expedition against Sonora, j,
sod through the city,ihis morning, on his way uou.hwajj
Yellow Fever in Charleston.
Augusta, Aug. 13.—There have been several and -p
in Charleston from Yellow Fever, bin the 1 iu..;. .. .
serl its non-existence as an epidemic
Yellow Fever in New Orleans
Nt'.v Orleans, Aug. la.—There wPre thirty fire deaths
from yellow lever in this eily on Tuesday and
yesterday (Wednesday.)
Wonderful Gold Discoveries in Lumpkin County. “
Extract from a letter to the Savannah R-q . .
can—dated
DahloSega. Aug. 6, Ih";-:.
The crops iu this part of the State are j; .
—never better I reckon; and tiie discover,,
of gold would perfectly astonish you Were Ij 0
tell you what the ere is worth per bushel m
Field mines, you would not believe me,but it i-, 0 .
Tho ore they are now raining is worth . .
bushel. There are several jery v, uu ■ :r .
now nearly open ami in operation arid there * u .
Jit- tnauv more.
Yours, R.
Missouri Election.
St. Louis, August B—.lt is believed c* re b t
Spring, Democrat, has been ele* fed ;.* r,...
gross by a majority of 3000, from the Tima
grc.Ssionai District.
North Carolina Elect in.
The returns, so far as received, indicate th.- * ~..
ion of John W. Eilis, as Governor, bv a majority
of front liftee** to twenty ‘housand. Tiie I) •no.
Cratic majority for Governor Bragg, in 1856,
twelve thounaud five hundred and nil ty
The Vote tnJKniisu*.
St. Louis, August B.—VV>- have retur* ii
; Leavenworth to the 4lh inst. So far as heard
j hum, the majority against the English bill is 470*1.
! It in generally believed that the majority wil
j reach 0000. No returns, ho vever, have b n
j eeived troiu the southwestern counties.
Late from C'nltforiiia.
- New York, Aug. 11.—The steamship Si. Lu
1 from Aspinwall has arrived, with Cali; rnia
: dates to the 20tll July.
The Star of the West left Aspiowall cn ;.** :;1
■! inst. with one million five hundred thousand ti-ri
I bars in treasure.
j • Tho Frazer river excitemmt had somuv. i„t
I subsided.
A collision had occttred between the iniu-re
i and Fremont’s men, in which the latter w* re \ -
torinus.
The Douglasit* under the lead of Broder
jq\re contesting for seats in tiie nominating cotiv*
! lion, with the Administration Democrats.
Gen Line and Do Luzon Smith, have h
j cho.-en as United Suites Senators, by Orgeon,
Eaider ia Forsyth County.
The Athens Watchman savs: We learn bv r
j letter received from Mr. Thomas Collins, tbai
j murder was committed on Saturday night !.-1
about a mile from the Wild Cat Court ground.
| Forsyth county. The man kiiled was Claibt.r:
’ Vaughn. At the time out correspondent wrote Ids
j letter; an investigation was going on before the Cor.
i otter, from which it appeared that some halide. * a
nr more persons were concerned in tiie
| tion ot the foul deed. Wo omit tlieir ticinies, h*-
* cause, it seems, the testimony was incomplete. Ah
of them save one had been*arrested.
Duel.—A hostile meeting took place vt -vn
evening, about 6 o’clock, near the Half-way lion * ,
between Mr. Joseph T. Howell, of this city, ami
Col. Henry, formerly of the U. >S. Army, but more
recently ot’ the Nicaraguan Armv. The weapon
tl- -d acre Coll V ; ■ :s. mu y si/*? ; di/hii:c” to.
paces. Col, Henry was wounded in the left arm,
mid upper part of the abdomeft. The latter wound
was fora time considered mortal, hut we learn that
strong hopes are entertained as to his recovery.
The agreement was that both should fire alter
the word “fire,” and to continue firing at will until
stopped by the seconds. We learn that two shots
were fired when the second of Col. Henry cried
“stop.” Col Henry, however, fired his3d shot, which
was returned by Mr. Howell when the second 1.-:
.Mr. Howell again rais.t-d his pistol and fired ::
I fourth time. There was considerable uxcitumei.t
among the hv-standers, there being about ci hun
dred and fifty persons present, and a cry of “feu!
play” was raised. Mr. Howell stated that lie *i*d
not hear the command to stop, and was wiiling to
fight anv one else on the ground. Someone m&du
a motion to accept his challenge, but was preven
ted. We leant that the principals shook hands * -
fore taking their places.
Mr. Howt-ii was arrested early in the dav yester
day, charged with some offense foreign to tie* die ,
but was released on bail shortly afterwards. \\
were unable to learn the cause of the difficulty.—
.V. O. Della,
Struck bv Luiutnim —Death.—Tiie Cahaha
Gazette,6th., has the following:
It is with regret we announce that Mr. Bonn* r J
brother of Dr. Bonner, oi’Orrville, was kiiled by Ugh’
ningin his b. other’s office, in that place, on Wed
nesday afternoon, the 2S;h n't. It is supposed h*.
was sitting near the chimney, w hen death cs : a
in such a sudden and terrible manner. The fluid
struck the back of his head, parting his hair, pas
sed thence down his breast and legs to his feet,
tearing off his sock aud shoe on one side of Ins
foot. His thigh was badly bruised, and both auk
■|(-s were burnt. His watch was scattered in pice- -
and some silver melted in his pockets.’ The v;i -
and jars were thrown over the floor by the shock.
It was some time after the lightning struck before
the deceased was found lyiug dead on the floor.
The Presbyterian Church, in this place, wa
struck by lightning last Friday afternoon.—T:
fluid entered the steeple and passed down the w - •
ripping oft a portion of the weather-boarding on
ihe outside in front ot the church, and a pari of
tho plastering*on the inside. It *s fortunate that
the building was not tired.
On the same afternoon a china tree, al the cor
ner of J. I). Craig's lot. about 15i> yards from the
church, was struck bv lightning.
Murder ey Slaves —The Trinity Independent
says that George W. Haekler, employed by 11. 1).
Mandeville, as overseer-an his plantation, near that
plate, was found dead on the morning of- the 1-f
tilt., mt,ier circumstances which rendered it highly
probable that he had been murdered. A post
mortem examination of his body was made bv a
physician of the neighborhood, but no trace- of
P’ isou were detected nor anything noticed that It .and
be.m used. After waiting the developments of
time, suspicion became strong that Haekler li.-ffl
been murdered by a combination of a number el
slaves on the plantation.
The suspected partits were arrested and ques
tioned separately and apart from each other. Two
negro men made a full confession of their guilt,
and without the possibility of concert, gave the
same statement ot>ti-icts in relation to the’ murder.
Death was produced by suffocation. A suffi
cient number of the conspirators entered the house
ot the deceased in the night and perpetrated the
horrid act. The two slaves who confessed tin r
participation in the murder were to be tried on the
28th ult.—[.Y. O. Della.
The Black Tongue it Wilmington. —The Wii
mingiou Herald says that the disease called “Black
Tongue,” which has been causing such wide
spread destruction among the cattle—particularly
rows—in the States south, has reached that place,
and that one or two cows have died with it, and
others are infected. A particular watch has been
in consequence kept upon the markets by the uiu
t.icipai ‘authorities.
I,iG{iTNixu. —On yesterday evening a severe
thunder storm passed over this place. The shop
of Messrs. Ferry and Taylor, in the rear of the
Fresbyterian Church, was struck bv lightning, and
three horses and one mule confined under the
Shop, the. property of Messrs. F. & TANARUS., were im
mediately killed. Fortunately, no person was in
jured : there being no one in the shop at the time. —
Chambers Tribune.